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Polypodium hesperium
Polypodium hesperium is a species of fern known by the common name western polypody. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, and the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico, where it grows in rocky habitat types.
This is an allopolyploid species of hybrid origin, its parent species being Polypodium glycyrrhiza and Polypodium amorphum.
Polypodium abitaguae · Irregular polypody · Appalachian polypody · California polypody · Nested polypody · Southern Polypody · Polypodium chionolepis · Polypodium ensiforme · Licorice fern · Intermediate Polypody · Dotted polypody · Leathery polypody
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polypodium hesperium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
